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Re: Karl Marx's Confession

Prateek Sanjay — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:28:03 GMT

I find that a lot of those contrarian types in the 18th and 19th century admired certain warriors, soldiers, or generals from antiquity.

For the Jacobins, the Spartans were the ideal people, and for Marx, it was Spartacus.

Re: Karl Marx's Confession

William — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:27:41 GMT

yeah, I got a giggle out of it. Particularly "to fight" and "gullibility". Nice tag at the end though

Re: Karl Marx's Confession

Aristippus — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:54:32 GMT

The irony is unbelievable:

The vice you hate most - Servility

The vice you excuse most - Gullibility

Your idea of happiness - To fight

Your idea of misery - To submit

Your Maxim - Nihil humani a me alienum puto [Nothing human is alien to me] – Terence

A funny and unintended ending:

The character in history you most dislike...Karl Marx

Re: Karl Marx's Confession

BrianAnderson — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:20:45 GMT

I know the red in the communist flag represents the 'revolution', but do you know if it has anything to do with Marx's favorite color, or is that just a random coincidence?

Karl Marx's Confession

William — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:05:35 GMT

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/04/01.htm

Aeschylus over Aristophones, crazy cat that Marx.